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No. 393,600. I Patented Npv. 27,1888.

WIT NESSES, INT/ENTOR.

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UNITED l STATES PATENT OEEICEQ CHRISTIAN IVUEItKER, OF ALTON, ILLINOIS.

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SPECIFICATION 'forming part of Letters Patent No. 393,600, dated November 27, 1888.

Application led May, 1,888. Serial No. 272,674. (No model.)

lo represents a perspective view of my improved shaft-carrier.

My invention relates to devices attached to the harness and adapted to receive and support the shafts of a vehicle; and my invention I 5 consists of the improved shaftvcarrier, which I shall hereinafter fully describe and claim.

To enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to make and use the same, I will now describe its construction and 2o indicate the manner in which the invention is carried out.

In the said drawing, A represents a portion of the ordinary belly-band billet, or may indicate a strap attached thereto, the said strap 25 having` riveted or otherwise secured to its lower end a plate, ll, having` an opening, c, the purpose oi' which I will hereinafter describe. lIhe plate or casti ng O, which receives the shaft or thill, is preferably curved or hook-shaped,

3o and is provided near its outer lower end with a guideloop, b, through which the belly-band billet is passed, as shown, said plate or casting O being provided at its opposite or upper end with a buckle or other fastening device, c, for

35 the belly-band billet.

Projecting inwardly from the upper and outer face ofthe plate or casting` C, is a hookshaped lug or projection, D, which is adapted to enter the opening in the plate B, previously noted,l whereby said plate is secured and the shaft confined in its proper place in the plate or casting O.

In operating my device the plate B is I'emoved from its engagement with the hook 0r projection I), thus exposing the opening between the ends of the curved plate or casting C and permitting the removal of the shaft. llhe shaft may be readily dropped into said opening and secured by latching the plate B with the projection D.

From this description it will be seen that the operation of securing and removing the shaft may be accomplished without diiiculty and with the exercise of but slight exertion. At the same time the plate or casting` C is readily attached to the belly-band billet and may be applied to any harness without difficulty and at a small expense.

Having thus described niy'invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The curved metallic plate or casting C, for receiving` the shaft, said plate or casting having integrally formed therewith the hook` shaped lng l) and guide-loop b, in combination with the belly-band billet having secured to its end the plate B, provided with the opening,` a, adapted to receive the hook-shaped lug, as herein described.

CHRISTIAN WUERKER.

XVi tnesses:

JONATHAN QUAn'roN, F. W. JoEs'rENo. 

